DUBAI: US superstar Jennifer Lopez attended the opening night of “Othello” on Broadway in New York in a gown from Lebanese designer Zuhair Murad’s Fall/Winter 2024 couture collection.
The figure-hugging, two-piece look boasted glittering embellishments and a high neckline and Lopez donned a fur-like coat to combat the cold weather in New York on Sunday.
US superstar Jennifer Lopez attended the opening night of “Othello” on Broadway in New York in a gown by Lebanese designer Zuhair Murad. (Getty Images)
She attended the premiere of the Shakespeare adaptation starring Hollywood heavyweights Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal. Directed by Kenny Leon, the two hour and 35 minute Broadway show is set in the near future and sees Washington play Othello while Gyllenhaal wowed critics as the villainous Iago.
“Gyllenhaal bounds, loose-limbed and bursting with malevolent energy, onto the … stage and barely takes a breath for the next nearly three hours. It is a remarkable performance, conversational, contemporary and unerringly convincing,” Deadline’s review of the performance read.
Besides Lopez, other celebrities who took in the show on its opening night included Anna Wintour, Colman Domingo, Keegan-Michael Key, Ariana DeBose and Samuel L. Jackson.
Anna Wintour and Colman Domingo. (Getty Images)
Lopez spent the evening in New York as news broke that “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” a musical remake from director Bill Condon starring Lopez, is close to finding a buyer after its much talked about Sundance Film Festival premiere in January.
Variety reported that Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate and independent studio LD Entertainment are in discussions to take on US domestic rights, though a deal has yet to close.
“Kiss of the Spider Woman” was independently financed in the high $30 million range, Variety reported.
The storyline centers on a political prisoner (Diego Luna), whose cellmate (Tonatiuh) creates a fantasy Hollywood narrative involving his favorite star, Ingrid Luna (Lopez).
It’s the second on screen version of “Kiss of the Spider Woman” following a 1985 feature from director Héctor Babenco. John Kander and Fred Ebb’s stage version opened on Broadway in 1993 and won seven Tony Awards.
The musical and both films adapted Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel of the same name.
